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After emphatically stating that nearly 2,000 Palestinian civilians “deserved to die” during Israeli-led attacks in the Gaza Strip, Joan Rivers is backtracking and blaming the media for taking her words out of context. Rivers’ rant began when a TMZ reporter asked her opinion on the unprecedented amount of non-military citizens killed during the current Gaza conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. Rivers is seen on video, shouting, “You’re

Adult Swim’s Eagleheart is in trouble. The show, which is currently in its second season, may not live to see season 3. It’s perfectly well received by fans and critics and brings in great ratings, but there’s one problem – it has significantly less “likes” on Facebook than Franklin & Bash, and that’s BULLSHIT. Today, this announcement was made over on the Eagleheart’s Facebook page: ANNOUNCEMENT: TNT’s “FRANKLIN & BASH”

Dan Aykroyd announced on his Facebook page that he’ll be working with fellow Saturday Night Live alum and Community co-star actor Chevy Chase on a new comedy film script. The pair worked together previously in 1991 on Aykroyd’s critically panned directorial debut Nothing But Trouble (see video below). While Chase has seen recent success on the NBC comedy, Aykroyd has been out of the public eye for quite some time

If there’s one thing I know about Futurama fans, it’s that they’re fucking crazy– in a good way. I think. How do I know this? Well, our good friends at the Comedy Central Insider do an excellent job of keeping everyone appraised of that fact in their recurring Futurama Fanarama posts, wherein we see fans’ photos of Futurama-themed wedding cakes, Futurama cartoons forced into existing ad campaigns, computer cases modified

Today, in “cool brands partnering with comedy groups” news, we have a quick item from Seattle’s Best Coffee. The Starbucks-owned coffee enterprise is debuting its “Declare Your Level Show” on April 13, an online improv comedy show. Here’s how it works: actors and directors from Second City will perform some sketches, and Facebook fans will have the opportunity to see and participate in said performance when they “like” Seattle’s Best

Too often SNL feels like it’s made up of recycled parts, as if more time was spent trying to fit the week’s guests into already planned parts rather than putting together sketches specifically for the guests on hand. This week, however, was different. While it wasn’t a non-stop laugh-a-thon, and the best moments came from premises we’ve seen (but not too many times) before, the way the material was written

At least 186,256 loyal Facebookers think Betty White should host an upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live. In an unexpected surge of online support, fans are beginning to demand that Betty White, the venerable actress and former star of The Golden Girls, be given hosting duties on the equally venerable television institution. Despite an impressive eight-decade run in showbiz, White has never hosted SNL before, although odd selections like Nancy